Photos: Dakar Rally 2013

Updated 7:22 AM ET, Mon January 21, 2013

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Dakar Rally 2013 – Marcos Patronelli of Yamaha Racing Team Argentina, who won first place in the all-terrain vehicle category, celebrates during the podium presentations at the end of the 2013 Dakar Rally on Sunday, January 20, in Santiago, Chile. The dangerous, 16-day rally is an annual off-road race for motorcycles, ATVs, cars and trucks that takes place in Peru, Argentina and Chile. Three people died in this year's race.

Dakar Rally 2013 – Kamaz team member Eduard Nikolaev sprays champagne to celebrate the team's first place in the 2013 Dakar Rally truck category on January 20.

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Dakar Rally 2013 – Argentinian ATV driver Marcos Patronelli, left, is congratulated by his brother Alejandro Patronelli after the 14th stage of the rally between La Serena and Santiago, Chile, on Saturday, January 19. Patronelli finished third in the final stage of the competition.

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Dakar Rally 2013 – Chile's Francisco Lopez Contardo rides his KTM during the 14th stage of the Dakar Rally 2013 on January 19.

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Dakar Rally 2013 – A Chilean supporter waits for the competitors during stage 13 from Copiapo to La Serena on Friday, January 18 in Copiapo, Argentina.

Dakar Rally 2013 – Stephane Peterhansel and co-driver Jean Paul Cottret, both from France, drive their Mini during Stage 13 of the 2013 Dakar Rally between Copiapo and La Serena, in Chile, on Friday, January 18.

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Dakar Rally 2013 – People wait for the arrival of racers at the end of Stage 13 on January 18.

Dakar Rally 2013 – Brazil's Guilherme Spinelli looks down on his Mitsubishi stuck in a river below on January 12. Co-driver Youssef Haddad is next to the vehicle as a helicopter passes overhead with a bike.

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Dakar Rally 2013 – Competitors hold a minute of silence for France's Thomas Bourgin on January 12. Bourgin, 25, was killed while on his way to start the seventh stage of the race when he was hit by a vehicle traveling in the opposite direction.